Centrality dependence of thermal parameters deduced from hadron multiplicities in Au+Au collisions at sNN=130GeV

J. Cleymans, B. Kämpfer, M. Kaneta, S. Wheaton, N. Xu

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Abstract

We analyze the centrality dependence of thermal parameters deduced from hadron multiplicities in Au+Au collisions at sNN=130GeV. Although the chemical freeze-out temperature and chemical potentials are found to be roughly centrality independent, the strangeness saturation factor γS increases with participant number toward unity, supporting the assumption of equilibrium freeze-out conditions in central collisions.

Original languageEnglish
Article number054901
JournalPhysical Review C - Nuclear Physics
Volume71
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2005 May

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